Ndim elo bhinqa – Usuku 7

₃UJabhin lo ke wayenamakhulu alithoba eenqwelo ezenziwe ngentsimbi. AmaSirayeli wawaphatha gadalala isithuba samashumi amabini eminyaka. AmaSirayeli ke asuka azibika kuNdikhoyo.

₄Ke kaloku umshumayelikazi uDibhora umka-Lapidoti waba yinkokheli kwaSirayeli ngelo thuba. ₅Inkundla yakhe yayiphantsi komthi wesundu ekwakusithiwa ngokaDibhora kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim phakathi kweRama neBhetele. Ke wona amaSirayeli ayesiya kuye ukuze awacombululele imicimbi yawo.

₆UDibhora wathumela wabiza uBharaki unyana ka-Abhinowam eKedeshe kwaNafetali. Wathetha naye wathi: “Nanku umyalelo ophuma kuNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli: Qokelela ishumi lamawaka amadoda kwaNafetali nakwaZebhulon, uhambe nawo uye kwintaba iTabhore. ₇Ke mna ndiya kumenza uSisera, injengele yomkhosi kaJabhin, eze kuwe kumlambo iKishon. Uya kuba exhobile, eneenqwelo namabutho akhe, kodwa ke ndiya kumnikela esandleni sakho.”

₈UBharaki ke waphendula wathi: “Kulungile, ukuba siza kuhamba kunye, kodwa ukuba akuyi wena, nam andiyi.”

₉Ke yena wathi: “Ewe, ukuhamba oku ndiya kuhamba, kodwa ke uze wazi ukuba udumo lwale mfazwe aluyi kuza kuwe, kuba uNdikhoyo uya kumnikela emfazini uSisera lowo.”

Ngoko ke uDibhora waya eKedeshe ehamba noBharaki.

₁₁Nabafazi babo mababe ngabazimilo zihle, bengahlebi; abazinzileyo ngengqondo, bethembekile ngeendlela zonke.

₄Kaloku, kwanjengokuba sinamalungu amaninzi mzimbeni mnye, abe ke onke amalungu la engenamsebenzi mnye, ₅ngokunjalo thina aba, sibaninzi nje, simzimba mnye ngokumanywa noKrestu. Sonke ke ngabanye singamalungu omnye elomnye. ₆Masizisebenzise ke iziphiwo ezahlukeneyo esababalwa ngazo nguThixo. Ukuba sinesiphiwo sokuvakalisa ilizwi elivela kuThixo, masilivakalise ngokokholo esinalo. ₇Ukuba sinesiphiwo sokukhonza abanye, masizingise ekukhonzeni. Ukuba sinesiphiwo sokufundisa, masifundise kangangoko sinako. ₈Ukuba sinesiphiwo sokukhuthaza, masiqine ekukhuthazeni. Ongumabi makazabe izipho ngesisa. Owongameleyo makongamele ngenzondelelo. Owenza inceba makayenze echwayitile.

₂₅Waza uYesu wababizela kuye, wathi: “Niyazi ukuba ezintlangeni abo balawulayo banobukhosi; nâbo bazizikhulu zazo benza ngegunya. ₂₆Kodwa ke ze kungabi njalo phakathi kwenu. Ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumkhonzi wenu; ₂₇nofuna ukuba ngowokuqala kuni, makabe sisicaka senu; ₂₈abe njengaye *uNyana woLuntu, yena ongezanga kukhonzwa, koko oweza kukhonza nokuncama ubomi bakhe bube yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaninzi.”

₁₉Mawethu, ukuba omnye wenu ulahlekile waphuma enyanisweni, waza omnye umntu wambuyisa, ₂₀qinisekani ngale ndawo: Nabani na oguqula umoni olahlekayo usindise umphefumlo ekufeni, watsho kwaxolelwa izono ezininzi.

₃₉Ekubonile ukufa kukaYesu, umphathi-butho wamajoni, owayemi malunga naye, wathi: “Inyaniso, lo mntu ebenguNyana kaThixo.”

₄₀Kwakukho nabafazi, bekhangele bemgama. Kubo apho kwakukho uMariya waseMagadala, noMariya unina kaYakobi omncinci noYose, ekho noSalomi. ₄₁Bona bâmlandela uYesu eseseGalili, bemlungiselela. Kwakukho nabanye abafazi abaninzi ababenyuke naye ukuya eJerusalem.

₃Ndiyambulela uThixo endimnqula ngokunyaniseka njengookhokho bam. Ubusuku nemini ndisoloko ndikukhankanya emithandazweni yam. ₄Ndithi ndakukhumbula ukulila kwakho ndinqwenele ngakumbi ukukubona, ukuze luzaliseke uvuyo lwam. ₅Ndicinga ukunyaniseka kokholo lwakho, olufana nolukanyokokhulu uLoyisi, ngokunjalo nonyoko uYunike. Andithandabuzi ukuba ukwanjalo nawe.